[B-Greek] Eta
+Fr Patrick B O'Grady
fatherpatrick at fastmail.fm
Wed Jun 9 19:24:54 EDT 2010
On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:23:14 -0700, "+Fr Patrick B O'Grady"
<fatherpatrick at fastmail.fm> said:
> This is difficult, as the purpose of your transliteration must be known.
> For example, if you want your readers to properly pronounce the Greek
> word, most frequently the letter i would be needed. But, if you need to
> reflect linguistic or historical accuracy, e with a line over it
> (makron) is needed. NOTE:
> pericope, agape, exegesis, etc. These reflect correct English spellings
> for the words but do not suggest the correct pronunciation (pericopi,
> agapi, exigisis, respectively). I think you get my drift...
>
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:46:32 -0500, "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at qwest.net>
> said:
> > When you are doing transliteration of Greek, how is "eta" represented?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Cindy Lou Ray
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